Etymology

Penney's game

Today it means: A game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly. Full definition →

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The story

Named after its inventor, Walter Penney.

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